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"When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world."
"A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins."
"Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win."
"My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him."
"I got into the movies by accident. When I got an offer, I thought, 'Let's try this, too.' Everything in my life has happened by trial and error. I didn't even think I would win the Miss India title, so where's the question of thinking I'd come this far."
"Somewhere a woman is praying her toddler wins a beauty pageant. I say this because sometimes people wonder why God lets tornadoes happen."
"Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted but excited, because you came in fifth last time."
"I've been away from my two daughters at a very important time in their life.'I have missed most of Girl Scout cookie season.Last night Zahra, my youngest called me up and said :"Daddy how come we never sell the most cookies? How come Mrs. Dunn wins every year?"'"
"I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win."
"If you mind losing more than you enjoy winning, don't bet."
"Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies."
"For the loser now Will be later to win"
"Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning."
"Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?"
"The great teams find a way to win."
"The poet is he who fights on the passionate Side and whoever loses he wins; when he Is defeated it is hard to say who wins."
"It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling."
"I proved that I can win the Grand Slams. I proved that I can last four and a half hours and come out on top against one of the strongest guys physically that tennis had probably seen especially on this surface. So they would probably be the things that I would say I have learned tonight: To not doubt myself physically and mentally from now on."
"Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars, they lose them. Of course, they did hide more Jews than many other countries, and this is a form of winning."